RAMADAN 2013 Eid Prayer and Khutbah Abdullah Ibn As-Sa’ib (radi Allahu anhu) said: I prayed the Eid prayer with the Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) and when he finished the prayer He (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “We will be delivering a Khut’ba. Whoever wishes to stay for the Khut’ba may stay. Whoever would like to leave may leave.” [Sunan Abu Dawood - Classed as Sahih by Shaykh al-Albaani] Commentary: The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) in the above Hadith granted a concession allowing those who attended the Eid prayers either to sit and listen to the khutbah, or to leave. Imam Al-Shawkaani (may Allah have mercy upon him) said in ‘al-Nayl: al-Musannif ’ said: “This (Hadith) shows that the khutbah is Sunnah; if it is was obligatory, it would be obligatory to sit and listen to it.” So what is the description of the Eid Prayer which is before the Khutbah? The Eid prayer is one where the imam attends and leads the people in praying two rak’ahs. ‘Umar (radi Allahu anhu) said: “The prayer of al-Fitr is two rak’ahs and the prayer of al-Adha is two rak’ahs, complete and not shortened, on the tongue of your Prophet, and the one who fabricates lies is doomed.” [Sunnan al-Nasaa’i, 1420 and Ibn Khuzaymah. Classed as Sahih by al-Albaani in Sahih al-Nasaa’i] It was narrated that Abu Sa’eed (radi Allahu anhu) said: The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to come out on the day of al-Fitr and al-Adha to the prayer place, and the first thing he would do was to offer theprayer. [Sahih al-Bukhari] In the first rak’ah he should say Takbeerat al-ihraam (say “Allahu akbar” to start the prayer), after which he should say six or seven more takbeers, because of the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah (radi Allahu anha), “The takbeer of al-Fitr and al-Adha is seven takbeers in the first rak’ah and five takbeers in the second, apart from the takbeer of rukoo’.” [Narrated by Abu Dawood and classed as Sahih by al-Albaani in Irwa’ al-Ghaleel, 639] Then he should recite al-Faatihah, and recite Soorat Qaf in the first rak’ah. In the second rak’ah he should stand up saying takbeer, and when he has stood up completely he should say takbeer five times, and recite Soorat al-Faatihah then Soorat al-Qamr. The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to recite these two soorahs during the two Eids. Or if he wishes he can recite Soorat al-A’la in the first rak’ah and Soorat al-Ghaashiyah in the second, because it was narrated that the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to recite al-A’la and al-Ghaashiyah in the Eid prayer. The imam should revive the Sunnah be reciting these soorahs so that the Muslims will become familiar with the Sunnah. After the prayer, the imam should address the people. Part of the khutbah should be addressed specifically to the women, telling them of the things that they should do and warning them against the things that they should avoid, as the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) used to do. One of the rulings of Eid is that the prayer comes before the khutbah, because of the Hadith of Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allah (radi Allahu anhu) who said, The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) came out on the day of al-Fitr and started with the prayer before the khutbah. [Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 06:49:01 +0000
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